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"I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf."
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"The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties."
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"Let what is irksome become habitual, no more will it trouble you."
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"I have trouble with seafood because it tastes like a dock."
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"When trouble ends even troubles please."
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"My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down."
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"Hey, would you look at that shit?"I turned on my heel. The patrons who'd fled at the first hint of trouble had come back and were enjoying the spectacle."Clear out!" I barked.They paid me no mind. Asshole innocent bystanders."
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"I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble."
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"The trouble with telling a good story is that it invariably reminds the other fellow of a dull one."
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"Nobody ever grew despondent looking for trouble."
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"When you have a good script you're almost in more trouble than when you have a terrible script."
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"For me, being a writer was never a choice. I was born one. All through my childhood I wrote short stories and stuffed them in drawers. I wrote on everything. I didn't do my homework so I could write."
Being
"My work was entirely nonfiction."
Work
"Books on horse racing subjects have never done well, and I am told that publishers had come to think of them as the literary version of box office poison."
Books
"I was starstruck and completely confused; making a film of this story hadn't even occurred to me, and I hadn't written a single line of the book yet. I had no idea how this man knew anything about my book proposal."
Creativity
"Since signing with Universal, I have been working closely with Gary Ross, the director, producer and screenwriter. We have spent many hours on the phone, and I've been sending him information and items that have been useful to the writing process."
Information
"But with nonfiction, the task is very straightforward: Do the research, tell the story."
Research
"The biggest problem has been exhaustion. I've spent about 6 of the last 14 years completely bedridden."
Health
"I am disabled, so I can't travel, and I have not been to any development meetings, but Gary and the others affiliated with the film keep me updated on everything."
Travel
"I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf."
Trouble
"I spoke to my agent and learned that a Hollywood scout had seen my proposal in one of the publishing houses, and had faxed it to Hollywood, where it was generating a lot of interest."
Hollywood
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